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CATEGORY: PREVENTIVE SERVICES

Preventive Services
(General)
Medical services that are
designed to detect the
existence of, or risk for,

diseases, conditions, and
problems.

•   Cervical    cancer  Screening

•   Medical assistance  with    

smoking cessation

•   Chlamydia   screening   in  

women

•   Cervical    cancer  screening:  

81.8%

Tobacco use:

•   Advising    smokers to  quit:   

71.2%

•   Discussing  cessation   

medications:    39.4%

•   Discussing  quitting    

strategies: 39.0%

Sexually transmitted infections

(STIs):

•   Chlamydia   screening:  16  to  

20  years:  34.4%   21  to  25  

years:  35.2%

Cervical Cancer, 2010 target: increase

the proportion  of  women   who receive a   Pap 

test to 97%.

Tobacco use, 1999:  20% of  adult   females 

and 25% of adult males smoke

Tobacco use, 2010 target: reduce adult

smoking rate to 12%

Obesity (children), 1994: 11% of

children    between 6   to  19  years   are overweight  

or obese

Obesity (children), 2010 target: reduce

proportion to 5%

Motor vehicle injuries, 2002:   8.4 per 

100,000 deaths  result  form    a   motor   vehicle 

crash   (age-adjusted   deaths)

Motor vehicle injuries, 2010 target:

reduce  rate    to  8.0 deaths  per 100,000

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Chlamydia, 2002:    25% of  sexually    active  

women   aged    25  and under   enrolled    in  

commercial managed care organizations are

screened    for Chlamydia   infection

Chlamydia, 2010 target: increase the

proportion to 62%

Genital herpes, 1994: 17% of adults aged

20  to  29  years   have    a   genital herpes  infection

Genital herpes, 2010 target: reduce

proportion  to  14%

Gonorrhea, 2002:    there   are 279 new cases   

of  gonorrhea   among   women   aged    15  to  44  

years   per 100,000 population

Gonorrhea, 2010 target: reduce the

incidence   to  42  new cases   per 100,000 

population

Maternal and Child Health
Plan Benefit Model
Recommendations

HEDIS® 2007 Measures NCQA 2006 & 2007* State

of Health Care Quality

% of beneficiaries in the

commercially-insured

population who received

service (2004-2006)1

Healthy People 2010 Goals